Wen Yiduo began to write new poems when he was studying in Tsinghua. From 65438 to 0922, Tsinghua went to the United States to study fine arts, and also wrote many poems. 1923, his first book of poetry, Red Candle, was published in China. This collection of poems clearly shows the poet's preference for artistic beauty, which includes the poet's love for life and his pursuit of beautiful ideals. From these pursuits, we can also see a lyric hero image who is loyal, earnest, earnest, persistent, pioneering and creating life.
2. Patriotism
Patriotism is the red line that runs through all Wen Yiduo's poems. There are probably two kinds of poems that directly express this theme: first, they are written abroad to express their feelings of missing the motherland, and they are mostly collected in Red Candle; Second, it was created after returning to China, showing my disappointment and indignation caused by my dislike of the dark situation, and it was mostly collected in stagnant water. His early works mainly include Yi Ju, The Lonely Goose, Sun Yin, Laundry Song and so on. "Easy Residence" shows the sincere praise of overseas travelers for "the bottom flower of the motherland" and "the flower of the motherland". Song of the Sun focuses on the homesickness of wanderers. In The Lonely Goose, the poet compares himself to a lonely goose that has lost its group, showing its aversion to the capitalist system. The laundry song written after returning to China shows the lyric hero's high national self-esteem, the integrity and backbone of daring to despise capitalism, and the most precious character of the colonial people without servility and obsequiousness. His later works mainly include Discovery, Silent Night, Abandoned Village and Still Water. Discovery shows a patriot's passionate feelings in the face of dark reality and his ardent heart for his motherland. Silent Night shows the poet's concern for the fate of the motherland and his uneasy inner world. "Abandoned Village" shows the desolate scene of the countryside in the warlord war. The stagnant water symbolizes the decadent society of China with a pool of rancid stagnant water. From the deep pain and extreme indignation of these poems, the light of hope for social progress is reflected.
3. Romantic characteristics
The romantic feature of Wen Yiduo's poems is mainly "expressing emotion by supporting things". He consciously avoids expressing his feelings directly and naked, but hides his feelings in a carefully chosen image. Such as burning candles, chrysanthemums, wandering geese, the sun, stagnant water and so on. These images are different from the symbolic images of Tian Gou and coal in the furnace written by Guo Moruo, and have no necessary corresponding relationship with the poet. However, there are also some works that express their feelings directly, such as Discovery. At the same time, his poems also pay great attention to the use of metaphor. Because his imagination is rich and magical, many metaphors in his poems are often unexpected, very appropriate and artistic.
4. Practice of Three Beauty Thoughts
Wen Yiduo paid attention to the choice of words, and used a large number of words with strong words in some poems to strengthen the expression of content. He attaches importance to the role of syllables in creating the musical sense of poetry, pays attention to the interlacing of rhymes and tones, and the use of disyllabic words. He not only pays attention to the neatness of poetry, but also pays attention to the changes of poetry. In the practice of "three beauties", stagnant water is the most successful one. 1. The pursuit of light and freedom
This is the main content of Xu Zhimo's early poems, such as Searching for Stars, Untitled, Haiyun, etc., which can follow the optimistic, enterprising and upward spirit of the May 4th period, and can also show the poet's desire for the motherland to get rid of backwardness and poverty and move towards progress and prosperity. This kind of poetry has a distinct political color, and the poet pursues a capitalist society of "freedom, equality and fraternity".
2. Attacks on reality
The attack on reality is the main content of Xu Zhimo's later poems, such as I don't know where the wind blows, the doorman, autumn insects and the West Window. The situation of this kind of poems is more complicated. Because Xu Zhimo's ideal is only an illusion in modern China, he is called "the pioneer and the last poet of China bourgeoisie". He often shows dissatisfaction and disappointment in disillusionment. The poet's dissatisfaction is not only manifested in the exposure of warlord wars and sympathy for the lower class people, but also in his incomprehension and criticism of the proletarian revolution.
3. Sing about love and beauty
Love poems occupy a large proportion and an important position in Xu Zhimo's poems. Among them, many poems praise pure love, euphemistically and beautifully, and show the characteristics of the times in pursuit of individual liberation. Such as the Happiness of Snowflakes. It is worth mentioning that there are many works that pursue light and attack reality in the form of love poems, such as Hai Yun.
4. The expression of musical beauty
Xu Zhimo's poetry is characterized by various expressive techniques and prominent musical melody. In his creation, he is good at creating different beautiful and harmonious musical melodies by adopting different poetic formats and using different expressive techniques according to the different contents to be expressed in poetry. For example, the repetition of three sentences "flying" in "The Happiness of Snowflakes" not only causes the lightness of snowflakes, but also produces a relaxed and happy mood; The combination of "Tao" and "treasure" in a poem shian Nora not only shows the politeness and modesty of Japanese girls, but also makes people feel reluctant to say goodbye. The three "gentle" sentences in Farewell to Cambridge give people an elegant feeling. All these better show the poet's emotion and artistic talent. The works of the new generation leaders of Crescent Poetry School are deeply influenced by Xu Zhimo, but they are different from Xu's poems.
1. Inheritance and innovation of "three beauties"
In Gemee's poems, the "architectural beauty" advocated by Wen Yiduo can be seen everywhere. A lot of repetition of words and the use of parallel paragraphs promote the content interpretation and emotional expression of poetry, such as the ingenious use of several "goodbye" in the poem "Goodbye to the world that can't be seen again, goodbye to you, goodbye to myself" in If We Leave. "Musical beauty" is also a major feature of Cheng's poetry, which attaches importance to rhyme, catchy and easy to read. In the field of "painting beauty", the most common image in Cheng's poems is rain, and different rains express different emotions. For example, in Self-mockery, he wrote: "My love is a rose with blood in the rain."
2. Be keen on "sad beauty" writing.
The content of Cheng's poems is similar to that of Xu Zhimo, and both of them try their best to interpret "emotion" and "beauty", but in contrast, Cheng's poems put more emphasis on "sadness" and "beauty". In Gemee's poems, incomplete love accounts for a large proportion. For example, "Dawn" wrote: "Ridiculous, who makes me barren, who makes me pray for light. Bright, I firmly believe that a bright future will also drive away the old and crush youth. "
3. "Successful ending"
The endings of Gemee's poems are very distinctive, full of endings without endings, giving readers unlimited imagination. For example, Yi Zou at the end of Farewell, "Maybe tomorrow, I will be glad that you didn't look back, but fortunately you didn't, but fortunately you didn't …" Another example is the state that two people can't meet each other in a rainy night: "You are facing the rain, I am facing the rain, and it is raining, raining, raining …"